Government has failed in its duty to regulate the private health sector which is “neither efficient or competitive”, according to the Competition Commission’s report on the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) into the private sector.
Now is not the time to get stuck in complacency and triumphalism over the gains made in the global HIV/Aids response, says former president of the International Aids Society Prof Linda-Gail Bekker.
The shortage of prompt, dependable, quality ambulance services in much of South Africa is a national crisis. Might NHI offer a solution?
The NHI train is speeding towards implementation, but it’s leaving some people behind. This makes the NHI Bill vulnerable to legal challenge.
A lack of public participation and transparency, and the Minister of Health being given too much power – Tendai Mafuma explores some key concerns with NHI’s proposed governance arrangements.
An industry talk shop reveals that it’s not universal health coverage that’s the big worry, but rather trust in the government’s ability to deliver on what it proposes in the NHI Bill.
Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has confirmed that an aeromedical service which was recently awarded a lucrative three year tender in the province is yet to get airborne adding…
More than a year on from the devastating hospital strikes and political upheaval in the North West, the new MEC for health sits down for a candid interview with Spotlight.
In the nineties, the optimism of the oppressed and dispossessed was tempered by the fear of the previously advantaged of losing a way of life they had come to accept as normal. Stories of their imminent demise dominated fireside discussions.
Biénne Huisman speaks to Nomafrench Mbombo about the long journey from doing domestic work in East London to being the MEC for Health in the Western Cape.
Cryptococcal meningitis is the second leading killer of people with HIV, behind only tuberculosis. Yet, access to a new, better medicine that can save lives remains limited.
The Limpopo health department, which has a track record of dodgy aeromedical contracts, has awarded a lucrative three-year tender to a joint venture including Buthelezi EMS (BEMS), a private emergency medical services company which is under investigation by the Special Investigating Unit, the Hawks and National Treasury.